Pleural aspergillosis complicated by recurrent pneumothorax: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Weihua ^a   Hu, Ye ^a   Chen, Liang'An ^a   Gao, Jie ^a   Xie, Lixin ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; PLEURA CAVITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPECIES; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 78649632794     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-180     Document Type: Article

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